Charlotte Gregory SENIOR RELIGION – ROMERO REFLECTION We have read about the persecution of the early saints in your text‚ researched various saints and watched the film Romero. The willingness of some Christians to give their lives for the faith did not end with the early Church. Research a modern day martyr or a current event that parallels the persecution theme we have been learning about. Include answers to the following questions in your reflection. 1. What scenes in Romero affected you the
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Monday/Wednesday 2-3:15 Primary Focus Film Evaluation Radio Years ago I watched a movie for the first time that honestly changed the way I think. The movie Radio is based on the true story of James “Radio” Kennedy and T.L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones. It tells the story of a young mentally challenged man who is taken under the wing of a high school football coach after being bullied by the football team for his disabilities. Radio was released in October of 2003. The cinema was written
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Lincoln Reflection Lincoln‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ is a historical drama that follows the political aspects of the last four months of the American Civil War and Lincoln’s life as Lincoln strives to gain ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution‚ which would bring an end to slavery and unlawful involuntary servitude in the United States. Spielberg‚ unlike other historical directors‚ has successfully portrayed Abraham Lincoln from several angles; the fatherly Lincoln who cares
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The movie‚ Lincoln‚ focused on the later years of the president’s life‚ when he was trying to pass the 13th amendment‚ which eradicated slavery. This time frame was important to the director because he couldn’t possibly chronicle Lincoln’s entire life without rushing over details‚ and the abolition of slavery is one of what Lincoln is most remembered for. Oddly enough‚ many outside sources actually claim Abraham Lincoln to be racist. However‚ in the movie‚ Lincoln was depicted as a quiet‚ thoughtful
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in the class. I had to get caught up on the book but we started another story before I could. When we started Goodnight and Good Luck it was much easier for me to stay with the movie and understand what was going on‚ because I was here when we started it. We watched the movie so it technically wasn’t a story‚ but a movie
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Radio James Robert Kennedy also known as Radio is a twenty-tree year old man living with intellectual disabilities. He pushes around a shopping cart along the streets. He is interested by a high school football team‚ but after the team coach also known as coach jones takes pity on him for his disabilities and his great spirit‚ he asks him to help the team after the day the team member’s duct aped him and locked him in a storage shed. The coach confronts them‚ and takes radio home where he meets
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OF FILM: Radio Briefly summarize the film. This movie is about a young man from the Anderson‚ SC area. The man has some difficulties in his life since he was born mentally challenged. Throughout the movie Radio (James Kennedy was his real name) befriends head football coach‚ Coach Jones. The first time they met in the movie was when Radio brought back a football that had been kicked over the fence a day or two earlier and Coach Jones told him he would buy him a hamburger. Then Radio started hanging
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Genocide in Cuba Genocide is a term coined by Rafael Lemkin‚ a Jewish lawyer from Poland who emigrated to the U.S after WWII. He coined this term in 1943 by using the root words “genos” (which is Greek for family‚ tribe or race) and “cide” (which is Latin for killing). “Generally speaking‚ genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation‚ except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of
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102 Crn#20189 Radio; Directed‚ Mike Tollin Released: October 24‚ 2003 1. James Robert Kennedy nicknamed‚ ’Radio’ because of his vintage radio amassment and his love of music‚ is a loner in Anderson‚ South Carolina‚ pushing his ever-present grocery cart up and down the streets. He verbalizes with no one and is infrequently verbalized with‚ until one day‚ Coach Harold Jones‚ one of the town’s most reverenced men‚ and coach of the popular high school football team‚ befriends him. Radio is suspicious
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↦How successful were the USA’s attempts to contain Communism in Cuba‚ 1959-1961? Until 1959 Cuba was an American ally‚ ruled by Fulgencio Batista. Although he was a dictator‚ he was heavily backed up by Americans which was important as most of the businesses were owned by Americans. However‚ in January of 1959‚ Batista was overthrown by Castro‚ the leader of guerrilla‚ in a revolution. He was strongly socialist‚ and started reforms on Cuba by distributing land between peasants‚ called the Agrarian reform
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